“What happens once you come to understand attachment? What do people do with this knowledge? The best way I know to answer these questions is by telling some real-life stories of people who have undertaken this journey of awareness.” Those are the words with which I begin one of the chapters in my forthcoming book…
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I reckon that, by this point in the coronavirus lockdown (Week 4 here in Britain), many parents are starting to find their children’s constant company tiresome. I can hear incredulous whispers already: “By this point?? Are you nuts?? I reached that point on Day 3!” And it will indeed be as whispers that the replies…
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In my last blog, I told the story of a baby who was having a tough day. Some commentators wrote to say they felt unsettled by what I’d written. They wished I had ended the piece with ideas about the kind of steps readers — especially parent readers – could take to guard against the possibility…
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Its a strong title: ‘How childcare policies are undermining our children’s capacity to love’. Its likely to put fear into the heart of every parent who reads it. That’s the last thing I want to do. Yet how do I communicate what the science is telling us? What words are most effective for me to…
Continue ReadingIs it really okay to teach your child to believe in Santa? I’ve been asked that several times this month, by parents worried about the role they’ve played in “lying to their child”. The issue of whether or not it is ‘morally appropriate’ to encourage your child to believe in a fantasy figure is always…
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